Screen Colours vs Paint Colours Worksheet
Artist's tip (Light adds, paint darkens): On a screen (light): red + green = yellow, green + blue = cyan, red + blue = magenta, all three = white. With paint: red + yellow = orange, blue + yellow = green, red + blue = purple, all three = brown. Light gets lighter as you mix; paint gets darker. Screen primaries: red, green, blue; paint primaries: red, yellow, blue.
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- 1.🖥️🎨 Is this true of light on a screen or paint on paper: “needs light to be seen”? (a) light on a screen (b) paint on paper
- 2.🖥️🎨 Is this true of light on a screen or paint on paper: “uses red, green, blue”? (a) light on a screen (b) paint on paper
- 3.True or false: on a screen, mixing red and green light makes yellow. (a) True (b) False
- 4.True or false: on a screen, mixing red and blue light makes cyan. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all three make brown (b) uses red, yellow, blue (c) uses red, green, blue (d) mixing makes it darker
- 6.Which of these is true of paint on paper? (a) mixing makes it lighter (b) all three make white (c) uses red, green, blue (d) needs light to be seen
- 7.True or false: “glows with its own light” is true of paint on paper. (a) False (b) True
- 8.💡 On a screen, what are the three primary colours of light? (a) orange, green, purple (b) red, yellow, blue (c) red, green, blue (d) black, white, grey
- 9.True or false: on a screen, mixing green and blue light makes cyan. (a) False (b) True
- 10.💡 On a screen, mixing green and red light makes which colour? (a) yellow (b) magenta (c) cyan (d) white
- 11.Which of these is true of light on a screen? (a) uses red, yellow, blue (b) needs light to be seen (c) glows with its own light (d) all three make brown
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) glows with its own light (b) all three make white (c) all three make brown (d) mixing makes it lighter
- 13.On a screen, which lights mix to make cyan? (a) red and blue (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) red, green and blue
- 14.🖥️🎨 Is this true of light on a screen or paint on paper: “mixing makes it darker”? (a) light on a screen (b) paint on paper
- 15.🖥️🎨 Is this true of light on a screen or paint on paper: “mixing makes it lighter”? (a) light on a screen (b) paint on paper
- 16.Which of these is true of light on a screen? (a) needs light to be seen (b) all three make brown (c) uses red, yellow, blue (d) all three make white
- 17.On a screen, which lights mix to make cyan? (a) blue and red (b) all three lights (c) green and red (d) green and blue
- 18.💡 On a screen, mixing red and green light makes which colour? (a) cyan (b) white (c) yellow (d) magenta
- 19.💡 On a screen, a pixel with all its lights turned off looks… (a) white (b) grey (c) black (d) yellow
- 20.💡 On a screen, mixing red, green and blue light makes which colour? (a) magenta (b) yellow (c) white (d) cyan
- 21.True or false: “all three make white” is true of paint on paper. (a) False (b) True
- 22.On a screen, which lights mix to make yellow? (a) blue and red (b) red and green (c) red, green and blue (d) red and blue
- 23.On a screen, which lights mix to make magenta? (a) blue and green (b) green and blue (c) red and blue (d) red and green
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mixing makes it darker (b) mixing makes it lighter (c) uses red, green, blue (d) all three make white
- 25.🖥️🎨 Is this true of light on a screen or paint on paper: “all three make brown”? (a) paint on paper (b) light on a screen
- 26.💡 On a screen, which primary colour of light is NOT a paint primary? (a) blue (b) red (c) green
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all three make brown (b) all three make white (c) mixing makes it darker (d) needs light to be seen
- 28.True or false: on a screen, mixing red and green light makes cyan. (a) False (b) True
- 29.💡 On a screen, mixing blue and green light makes which colour? (a) white (b) yellow (c) magenta (d) cyan
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) needs light to be seen (b) uses red, yellow, blue (c) glows with its own light (d) all three make brown
- 31.🎨 With paint, which primary colour is NOT a screen (light) primary? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
- 32.On a screen, which lights mix to make magenta? (a) all three lights (b) red, green and blue (c) green and red (d) blue and red
- 33.🖥️🎨 Is this true of light on a screen or paint on paper: “uses red, yellow, blue”? (a) light on a screen (b) paint on paper
- 34.Which of these is true of light on a screen? (a) needs light to be seen (b) uses red, yellow, blue (c) uses red, green, blue (d) all three make brown
- 35.💡 On a screen, mixing blue and red light makes which colour? (a) white (b) yellow (c) magenta (d) cyan
- 36.💡 On a screen, mixing red and blue light makes which colour? (a) magenta (b) yellow (c) white (d) cyan
- 37.🎨 With paint, what are the three primary colours? (a) black, white, grey (b) orange, green, purple (c) red, green, blue (d) red, yellow, blue
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mixing makes it darker (b) uses red, yellow, blue (c) needs light to be seen (d) mixing makes it lighter
- 39.On a screen, which lights mix to make white? (a) green and blue (b) red and green (c) all three lights (d) red and blue
- 40.Which of these is true of paint on paper? (a) all three make white (b) mixing makes it lighter (c) all three make brown (d) uses red, green, blue
Answer key
- paint on paper
- light on a screen
- True
- False
- uses red, green, blue
- needs light to be seen
- False
- red, green, blue
- True
- yellow
- glows with its own light
- all three make brown
- blue and green
- paint on paper
- light on a screen
- all three make white
- green and blue
- yellow
- black
- white
- False
- red and green
- red and blue
- mixing makes it darker
- paint on paper
- green
- all three make white
- False
- cyan
- glows with its own light
- yellow
- blue and red
- paint on paper
- uses red, green, blue
- magenta
- magenta
- red, yellow, blue
- mixing makes it lighter
- all three lights
- all three make brown
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